Its 2023 and now have i only learned Lions exist outside of Africa😮 this is so special! India has lions and tigers and being the asiatic lion's numbers are 600-800. I hope they wont go extinct
Dear indian lions were Only 260 before 1 decade back . By government and local people's effort now lion population is more than 800+ . Increasing 100 lions per year . India is 10th/11th most highest population of lions in the world . 😊❤ Don't worry lions are increasing fastly and government increasing huge land for lions a year back .
asiatic lions are not the same to african lions they are smaller and very different to African lions and african lions throughout the continent are different from region to region ,cape lion, east african lion ,west african lions ,central african lions all different ,different DNA india doesnt have spotted hyenas ,servals. , afrcan wild painted dogs ,zebras,giraffe india has a small poupulation of giraffe they have Rothschild ,and Nubian giraffe but they are native to africa ,india carnt claim them ,the clue in the word nubian giraffe , Nuba a african region in north east africa, the giraffe is the most iconic african animal on the planet just like the zebra ,its native to africa ,it symbolises africa like no other animal. just as the kangaroo and kola bear symbolises Australia; or the panda bear symbolises china the giraffe is king ,tallest animal on the planet ,most gorgeous coat .most elegant ,friendliest wild animal another stunning african animal okapi somtimes called forest giraffe then you have the cutest in meerkat which for me ties with the kola bear then you have the bonobos chimps closet relatives to humans , then gorillas were else has that variety india has the asiatic lion but it doesnt have thoes other animals
@@drsouptikb But that's not how conservation works. Conservation means protecting a specific and unique species in its natural habitat. If bringing different species to your country means "we have that species" Then we might as well bring zebras, giraffe or African lions here and claim we have those as well. It's not very different from how zoos work. There are 40000+ Nilgai in Texas wilderness alone. There are wild chital deer and blackbucks also in the US, and i am not including other animals from Africa like the Schmitter horned oryx. Australia and new Zealand have wild sambar deer, fallow deer, red deer and himalayan tahr. There are many more examples like this. That doesn't mean those are endemic species to those countries, they don't even claim that.
A lesser known fact for many Indians. By 1900s, when the British were almost certain that they'll have to leave the country very soon, they went on a rampage on wild life, with extensive hunting throughout the subcontinent and officially organised hunting parties and extravaganza, and some of those relics adorn many wealthy British families even today. During that rampage of close to 50 years, the British managed to kill over 1 million Indian elephants, bringing their population down to 20000 by 1947. That was not all. Over 100000 Asiatic lions were hunted during this period, which at that time was present across the length and breadth of the country. It's estimated that the British killed over 150000 tigers during this period, reducing their population to less than 2000. Countless other species like Black buck, peacocks and Indian bears were reduced to the level of extinction during this rampage by the British. By constant efforts by the Government of India since 1947 and by identifying and declaring 550 National Parks and 50 sanctuaries across the country, the elephant numbers were successfully increased to 32000, Tigers to around 3800, which amounts to 75% of the world's remaining tiger population todat, and Lions to around 500, and rare species like peacocks, gangetic dolphins, bears, and a variety of large cat species surviving near extinction. If the British had stayed for 10 more years, all this would have been lost to the world forever. This is one of the most successful stories of conservation around the world
A lesser known fact for many Indians. By 1900s, when the British were almost certain that they'll have to leave the country very soon, they went on a rampage on wild life, with extensive hunting throughout the subcontinent and officially organised hunting parties and extravaganza, and some of those relics adorn many wealthy British families even today. During that rampage of close to 50 years, the British managed to kill over 1 million Indian elephants, bringing their population down to 20000 by 1947. That was not all. Over 100000 Asiatic lions were hunted during this period, which at that time was present across the length and breadth of the country. It's estimated that the British killed over 150000 tigers during this period, reducing their population to less than 2000. Countless other species like Black buck, peacocks and Indian bears were reduced to the level of extinction during this rampage by the British. By constant efforts by the Government of India since 1947 and by identifying and declaring 550 National Parks and 50 sanctuaries across the country, the elephant numbers were successfully increased to 32000, Tigers to around 3800, which amounts to 75% of the world's remaining tiger population todat, and Lions to around 500, and rare species like peacocks, gangetic dolphins, bears, and a variety of large cat species surviving near extinction. If the British had stayed for 10 more years, all this would have been lost to the world forever. This is one of the most successful stories of conservation around the world
Your numbers and facts seem arbitrary and random. Do you have any sources to back this up? 10000 lions? Really? I am not denying the eradication but it seems very convenient.
Very few foreign tourists visit the Gir forest. People usually go to Africa to see lions and wildlife, but there is a lot of wildlife in India. Most of african and asian species are found in India. Hyenas, Rhinos, wolves, bears Thank you for this.🙏
The Asiatic Lion is so under rated, the British almost hunted it to extinction, and we with so much effort increase it to a stable population. It's still in endangered species. when even they used to come to India they used to spend most of the time hunting. To flex to there Aristocrats realtives and friends who have boring life in London. This Asiatic lions are much more powerful then African lions because they are closely related to mountain lions.
India must preserve them and increase their population ❤ Just like we increased the population of Tigers...and now we have around 80% of world's total tigers population. We have *more than* doubled the numbers of tigers since last decade.
A lesser known fact for many Indians. By 1900s, when the British were almost certain that they'll have to leave the country very soon, they went on a rampage on wild life, with extensive hunting throughout the subcontinent and officially organised hunting parties and extravaganza, and some of those relics adorn many wealthy British families even today. During that rampage of close to 50 years, the British managed to kill over 1 million Indian elephants, bringing their population down to 20000 by 1947. That was not all. Over 100000 Asiatic lions were hunted during this period, which at that time was present across the length and breadth of the country. It's estimated that the British killed over 150000 tigers during this period, reducing their population to less than 2000. Countless other species like Black buck, peacocks and Indian bears were reduced to the level of extinction during this rampage by the British. By constant efforts by the Government of India since 1947 and by identifying and declaring 550 National Parks and 50 sanctuaries across the country, the elephant numbers were successfully increased to 32000, Tigers to around 3800, which amounts to 75% of the world's remaining tiger population todat, and Lions to around 500, and rare species like peacocks, gangetic dolphins, bears, and a variety of large cat species surviving near extinction. If the British had stayed for 10 more years, all this would have been lost to the world forever. This is one of the most successful stories of conservation around the world
Many people only blame the British, and yes they hunted a lot. But it is just half the truth. British elite, Maharaja's, zamindars etc all hunted extensively because hunting was considered a sport back then. But this only represented the legal hunting part. We don't have any estimations of illegal poaching. But there is another side to this story. It was actually due to some British conservationists like jim corbett that india's first national park was created in Uttrakhand called haley national park which is now called Jim Corbett NP. Lots of maharaja's had protected some wild areas as their private hunting grounds, and lot of those are now our national parks and tiger reserves for eg, ranthambhore, sariska, bharatpur, madumalai, bandipur, bandhawgarh, manas, periyar and even gir forest was a hunting ground of junagarh nawab. Although the intention to protect these wilderness areas was selfish back then, but ironically if not for these private hunting grounds 70% of our famous national parks wouldn't have existed now. It was due to extensive hunting, uncontrolled poaching from 1950 to 1973, habitat loss due to clearing of forests which contributed to the decline in numbers, and not just British, stop being soo blind.
@@iamrebel660 maharajas and mughals did it for fun in spare time. Their hunting didn't led to endangerment of these animals. Also Mughals and Maharajas didn't had sophisticated weapons like the ones Britishers had. So there is no way they affected the population of these animals.
@@RomitDholakia5 come on man yeh upar waale teeno brown coolie ko kya samjha rahe ho, yeh tou apne gora sahab ki chatenge!! Tab se har comment mei spam kar k apne gora sahab k crimes ko justify kar rahe hai Rajao aur nawabs k saath jod rahe hai jou ki khud brits k suzernity k andar thhe.... Brits excessive hunting lead to many tribal uprising across India!! Inn logo ko gora saheb ki chatne se nahi rok sakte!!
1:43 with all due respect "people" weren't killing the lions for fun ... the brits did the most of the damage followed by some of the then kings with close relations with the brits . Not just lions ... Tigers and Cheetahs weren't spared either. The former still thrives but the later is extinct Ps : Leopards are darn elusive .. i had the luck of seeing a couple. I even recorded them and put it up in youtube
The Big 5 of Indian Jungles 1) Elephant , 2) Great One Horned Rhinoceros , 3) Tigers 4) Lions , 5 ) Indian Gaur Besides , there are Leopards , Asiatic water buffaloes , Snow leopards , Cheetahs , Clouded leopards , hyenas , caracals , wolves , lynx & servals India's wildlife tourism is still in its early stages & it has great future prospects
@@rohanchoudhury8043 Serval is endemic to the African continent. And most of the wolves don't live in jungles but open grasslands which are rarely our national parks. Besides the problem is we can't find all big 5 in a single national park where tourists can see them. Only kaziranga comes close.
@goldenstate2002 yes after the Muslim and British colonisation the population of lions decreased drastically... But all I am saying is yes the Indian rulers also hunted lions.
India started conserving lions and increasing their numbers but Africa keeps allowing trophy hunting and poaching and African lions have become less than 20k In the wild. so sad
There are so many different sides to every conservation story… it isn’t just they have trophy hunting and you don’t. Trophy hunting makes me sad absolutely, but around the world things are happening for different populations to put stress on them causing them to decrease and disappear. And yes that is very sad!
Trophy hunting brings more help than damage. The money generated from trophy hunting actually helps preserve the species and its habitats. Without that money there would be no protection as the governments don't have that much money to spend on wildlife and poachers will kill all the lions. So it's kind of a necessary evil. Kill one and help to save the other 100.
we co exixt here nature is what we pray but (don't forget this land belong to our indian and we will protect and also develop it according to our liking) we will develop it by infrastructure so we can sustain it and protect it and develop it by our way
Yeah just what we see globally is that infrastructure is built on prime and important eco-systems, so not talking just India here. I think there is a larger societal issue where super important eco-systems are destroyed for so called infrastructure which in the long-run is going to have huge negative impacts on us humans too. The earth needs other species of plants, animals and organisms to survive. It won’t survive solely on humans, roads and buildings
@@talesofodyssey yup that's what we called sustainable development and progress only way to lessen the stress of Earth is to space mining Only way to go forward is tecnology and that's of sustainable technology
Asiatic lions respect human, only about 20 was left in India but now we have about 600. And its not only because of the government but also the locals who who happily allow those beautiful cats to have their meal of the domestic animals. And of course India is the only country on earth where you can see all wild cats(except mountain lions)
It is really happy to see the numbers improved! Hope they spread out in their habitat range to protect the lions in case a disease breaks out or catastrophic event happens. Just in case to make sure there are others somewhere else 😊
Haha yeah but given the fact I didn’t grow up in South Africa does give less chance to go out and see them. But yes, I too think it is quite funny I have seen my first wild lion in India 😜
I live in Jhb 200kms from Kruger national park, ive never seen a lion in the wild,been to lion parks but never seen 1 on a game drive... It happens🤣🤦🏾♂️ Sed on another channel, i hv to go in '24😁😁
Unbelievable, no other youtubers i have known ever been to a jungle safari like you in India. Keep it up, do try to visit the Sunderbans in Bengal before it disappears.
Yeah Sundarbans hopefully on my next visit, need to see which months it is open and if monsoon season affects this! But thanks so much for watching. I truly am passionate about the natural world so hope to make more and more videos on it!
Mrs. Ráchelle, these Lion Populations had variety of Clades throughout both of Europe, South Caucasus, The Middle East, South Asia and Africa, in the North, including these Various Lions like European Lions, West African Lions, Barbary Lions and Asiatic Lions are all the same and close relatives are found in Southeast Europe, North Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Central and West Africa are now Panthera Leo Leo, while in the South like Kruger, Transvaal, Timbavati, Serengeti, Masai Mara and few other Simba-type or Lion King-type Lions found in Eastern and Southern Africa are still Panthera Leo Melanochaita.
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Highest number of lions? I don't think so. We have the only asiatic lion population but 98% of the world lion population lives in East and South Africa. You are wrong about monkeys too. 65% of all primate species are in four countries which are Brazil, Madagascar, DR congo and indonesia. I don't know where do you get your facts.
I just came from Gir, amazing trip with very high sightings of Lions and Leopards. We were placed in Taj Gir and I heard morning roars just at the rear side (far off) and same afternoon I saw a male Lion
@adwait must be the same leopard who comes every evening i spoke to the ranger at gir about this he said maybe the ones from the hotel feed him daily so around that time he comes for food
I'll be going soon just to see that leopard again 😁 also I stayed 20 kms away in the middle of the jungle there was a resort the entire night i could hear voices
I'm happy that the government protected them, thanks for avoiding them to be extinct. feel sad for the tazmanian tiger, people could've help them to increase in numbers if it was plan early
Ráchelle, in 2017 and 2018 and according to the Cat Specialist Group, they're only two New Valid Subspecies of Lions, Panthera Leo Leo "the Northern Lion" and Panthera Leo Melanochaita "the Southern Lion."
You are really lucky that you got an experienced guide who could get you to the location of the lion pride. There are many instances where people driving around for 3 days don’t sight lions at all. Lions in the wild are camera shy and tend to avoid safari lanes.
Congratulations Ulysses! Finally a big cat sighting , or lots of big cat sightings! God knows you've worked hard enough for it. Congrats once again. Btw we are starting the export of coal to Newcastle soon.
Wow. Such a blessing you got to see the Lions. So happy for you Ráchelle. That was a birthday gift for you from the animal gods. Stunning creatures. Lions are my love of life. Really wish I knew this place existed when I came to India. Beautiful beautiful video in many ways 😊
Hard to spot them along the 'safari' paths. You got lucky. Hope they hunt their food naturally than getting fed by forest rangers for tourism purposes.
Lion in Gujarat are under threat, is actually Cainine Distemper Virus or CDV causes highly contagious disease in a wide Range of Wikd Carnivores. 1,000 doses of vaccine imported, Lions that died early this Year had CDV Virus. The project aims to establish a second independent population of Asiatic-type Northern Lions at the Kuno National Park in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh.
I think that is a big statement. Yes there are areas where people are co-existing with the wildlife, but there are also areas where there is conflict between wildlife and humans...
@@talesofodysseyall credit goes to park ranger who track and ensure that lion will not attack human and villagers also didn’t demand action for cattle loss
@@talesofodysseyif any lion kill human then ranger caught that lion and ensure that weather lion possess danger for human or not. They release the lion according either to less populated area or to zoo
Genetic make up of Asiatic lions and cheetahs are diff from their African cousins. Just like how Bengal tigers/SE Asian tigers don’t compare to Siberian tigers. Geography affects built
Please come in Desert National Park Jaisalmer 🐪🐾 Rajasthan where you can see The Great Indian Bustard it is Endangered species only less 100 individuals left in jaisalmer
You are doing great job mem My Indian lions are too big like African lion But some Western and American have defined them shorter then their African brothers
@@talesofodyssey Two different species of lions reside here in Gir, one is Amreli District, and the other are the lions of Gir district, out of which the lions of Amreli are slightly smaller in stature, but the lions of proper Gir are strong and tall like African lions.
Ráchelle,' The Asiatic Lion is not a Subspecies, It is a population of Panthera Leo Leo according to recent studys by Cat Specialist Group, found in Historical Areas like Arabia, Eastern Turkey, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Caucasus, Iran and even South Asia, the last of these Rare Big Cats surviving in the Gir Forest in Gujarat State in the Far Northwest of India.
How great! Gir forest looked so beautiful that afternoon in this video! And I think the most interesting thing is that there are many opportunities to see wildlife! It looked great in your case! Finally you did it! Congratulations and thank you for this.
Mam I watch your videos and I really admire your work that you are showing western people through your videos/vlogs that India is not like the WEST media show them. at the END I would like to say your videos are amazing and I love to watch more of these. Thank you!
Tales of Odyssey.... Share your experience with other RUclipsrs about Gujarat... So they will also come here and explore Gir, Desert of Kutch, Marine National Park, Statue of Unity, Lots of Mountains, Ratanmahal forest, Jambughoda Forest and many more places here...
They have to relocate to different park you can't keep all the eggs in the same basket also gir is getting over populated lions eating live stocks and stray cattles which can lead to spread of diseases into the wild life not today but surely tomorrow.
@@talesofodyssey Oh OK. I actually have seen 'pug marks' being used infrequently here in the US. I wonder what is the origin of the word 'pug mark' though. Pug actually is a Gujarati word. Hindi word for foot is Pair.
It wasn't just Lions that Brits killed. India actually had the world's largest economy (over 25% of global GDP) in the early 18th Century prior to British occupation, deindustrialization and looting of India's resources. Research published by Columbia UP in 2018 showed that the British stole about US45 Trillion from India from 1757-1938 (see Prof. Jason Hickel's article online about how modern Britain was built with loot from India). Britain's Industrial Revolution and much Western development was financed by 'loot' (Hindi for plunder) from India. India's world leading textile industry was systematically eliminated by the Brits so that Britain's new industrial cotton industry [copying Indian techniques and styles - e.g. 'Paisley'] could develop as 19th Century historians H.H. Wilson and Friedrich List both noted. This included tariff barriers, making India a monopolized Captive Market for British goods and breaking weavers fingers and even cutting off thumbs of the famed Dhaka Muslin weavers. Governor General Bentinck wrote that the plains of India are bleached with the bones of her weavers. India had produced the best steel in the world (Wootz) as recognized by English experts in the 1790s - and Sheffield copied its methods. French and British colonial observers noted that 18th Century India made cannon and muskets as good as any in Europe but arms production was eliminated. The oldest seaworthy ship in the Royal Navy HMS Trincomalee was built by an Indian Co. in 1817 but British competitors stopped shipbuilding in India. When 19th Century Indian engineers showed that they could design and build locomotives, this was of course suppressed. It was not until the 1914-18 Great War in Europe that India was allowed to develop some industrial capacity - then only due to Britain's emergency needs. They also killed tens of millions of the poorest in about 3 dozen famines created by Britain stealing India's foodgrains for British profit and Food Security. Robert Clive returned from Bengal with his 'loot' as the richest non-monarch in Europe and his East India Co. mafia became the super-rich new elite known as 'nobs' (from 'nabobs') whilst up to 1/3 of the population of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (up to 10 million) died in the 1770 Great Bengal Famine created by their rapacity - as predicted by Richard Becher (a relative of novelist William Thackeray). This led to Europe's first Credit Crunch in 1772 when dozens of banks collapsed in days as Indian loot financing Western development dried up for a while. The EIC started peddling Indian opium to China from 1770 (kidnapping children to work on opium plantations etc.) which brought Britain 1/7 of its export revenues for 140 years. In 1877 Cornelius Walford showed that there were 30 famines in British-occupied India in just 120 years compared to 17 famines in all of India in the previous 2,000 years. This was because native Hindu and Indianized Muslim rulers acted to prevent and alleviate famines. The British created them with their profiteering, hoarding and exporting for Britain's profit and Food Security [it was Industrial Britain that did not grow enough food to feed itself - until after 1945 - India as a whole always did]. The Disraeli regime even set up Death Camps for victims of the 1877 manmade famine in Madras Province - giving famine victims less starvation rations for hard labour than given in Buchenwald - killing 94% of inmates. 5-7 million died whilst record amounts of Indian grain exports lowered prices in Britain and the West. Famine survivors were coerced into the new slavery of indentured labour in the Caribbean etc. Disraeli organized the biggest feast in human history, the 1877 Delhi Durbar, to celebrate Vicky being named Empress of India whilst 100,000 a week died in South India. In 1901 The Lancet estimated conservatively from the census that 19 million had died of starvation in Western India during the 1890s due to British policies. In 1936 George Orwell wrote in Road to Wigan Pier that 100 million Indians must be forced to the edge of starvation so that the British can live in comfort. As late as 1942-3, Hindu-hating White Supremacist Winston Churchill was responsible for killing millions in Bengal due to Nazi-like Collective Punishment of Bengal and - after British cover-ups were blown by the press in 1943, preventing Food Aid from other countries reaching Bengal, diverting US, Canadian and Australian grain to the UK. As ever, there were surplus food stocks in India as a whole but the Brits ensured they didn't get to Bengal. Even the Nazis allowed Red Cross Food Aid to Greek Famine victims in 1941. Many Westerners still believe the British propaganda myths, first concocted by James Mill (father of J.S. Mill) who was 2nd in Command of the EIC - that India was a Land of Eternal Poverty and Famine and the cause of this was Hinduism which had supposedly remained unchanged for 3,000 years. In truth, India had been famed for its wealth prior to British looting. The Romans complained of the Silver Drain to India in return for Indian exports. Columbus told his sponsors that he was seeking a new route to the fabled wealth and riches of India. In 1616 English ambassador wrote that Delhi was the Treasury of the World. In fact it was the economic Silver Drain to India due to India's successful exports that prompted the British Conquest - taking advantage of the power vacuum that arose as the Hindu Marathas had defeated the Mughals in battle - but maintained a figurehead Mughal emperor.
@THE ZOLDICS IKR.... Many people only blame the British, and yes they hunted a lot. But it is just half the truth. British elite, Maharaja's, zamindars etc all hunted extensively because hunting was considered a sport back then. But this only represented the legal hunting part. We don't have any estimations of illegal poaching. But there is another side to this story. It was actually due to some British conservationists like jim corbett that india's first national park was created in Uttrakhand called haley national park which is now called Jim Corbett NP. Lots of maharaja's had protected some wild areas as their private hunting grounds, and lot of those are now our national parks and tiger reserves for eg, ranthambhore, sariska, bharatpur, madumalai, bandipur, bandhawgarh, manas, periyar etc. Although the intention to protect these wilderness areas was selfish back then, but ironically if not for these private hunting grounds 70% of our famous national parks wouldn't have existed now. It was due to extensive hunting, uncontrolled poaching from 1950 to 1973, habitat loss due to clearing of forests which contribited to the decline in numbers, and not just British, stop being soo blind.
And this indian dog completely forgot to mention about how their Maharajas, Zamindars and other warlords was part of the mass killing of the asiatic lions
Not the last, but only Asiatic Lions, they're not going to be extinct. Their population has increased significantly for the last 15 years.
Considering they used to roam from Turkey all the way down 😅
But these lions are afraid of Dogs
@@rituraj303 they don't afraid of dogs they kill them only in jungle if lions inters in villages... Lions knws thire limits
@@talesofodyssey yeah the british brought their numbers down with hunting and all.
But their numbers are rising and these are just facts.
@@NoRiceToEat yep as I mention in the video due to conservation efforts numbers are rising.
Its 2023 and now have i only learned Lions exist outside of Africa😮 this is so special! India has lions and tigers and being the asiatic lion's numbers are 600-800. I hope they wont go extinct
just check night time video …. hynea leopard lion all are going inside village and human are around them
Dear indian lions were Only 260 before 1 decade back .
By government and local people's effort now lion population is more than 800+ .
Increasing 100 lions per year .
India is 10th/11th most highest population of lions in the world .
😊❤
Don't worry lions are increasing fastly and government increasing huge land for lions a year back .
asiatic lions are not the same to african lions they are smaller and very different to African lions
and african lions throughout the continent are different from region to region ,cape lion, east african lion ,west african lions ,central african lions all different ,different DNA
india doesnt have spotted hyenas ,servals. , afrcan wild painted dogs ,zebras,giraffe
india has a small poupulation of giraffe they have Rothschild ,and Nubian giraffe but they are native to africa ,india carnt claim them ,the clue in the word nubian giraffe , Nuba a african region in north east africa,
the giraffe is the most iconic african animal on the planet just like the zebra ,its native to africa ,it symbolises africa like no other animal.
just as the kangaroo and kola bear symbolises Australia;
or the panda bear symbolises china
the giraffe is king ,tallest animal on the planet ,most gorgeous coat .most elegant ,friendliest wild animal
another stunning african animal okapi somtimes called forest giraffe
then you have the cutest in meerkat which for me ties with the kola bear
then you have the bonobos chimps closet relatives to humans , then gorillas
were else has that variety
india has the asiatic lion but it doesnt have thoes other animals
@@chrisbennett6260 we have bengal tiger and asiatic lion and government trying to increase cheetah population also… we had enough
i just said asiatic lion are fully integrated in society they rately attack human
We Indians are blessed with diverse terrain...... As a result all sorts of ecosystem and animals are present here
Still can't believe you saw your first lions in India!!! Really loved this video! Plus some beautiful footage of a scops owl and a fishing owl!
I know right!! It was incredible. Thanks for watching Callum 😄
India is only country where you can find both Tigers And Lions
What about cheetah, leopard, snow leopard?
@@drsouptikb Wo bhi milenge. Ab Cheeta bhi milne laga hey
@@drsouptikb No cheetah, the cheetahs they bought from namibia are African ones and not asiatic cheetahs
We are talking about the feline predators in India... Not about asiatic or non Asiatic
@@drsouptikb But that's not how conservation works. Conservation means protecting a specific and unique species in its natural habitat.
If bringing different species to your country means "we have that species" Then we might as well bring zebras, giraffe or African lions here and claim we have those as well. It's not very different from how zoos work.
There are 40000+ Nilgai in Texas wilderness alone. There are wild chital deer and blackbucks also in the US, and i am not including other animals from Africa like the Schmitter horned oryx.
Australia and new Zealand have wild sambar deer, fallow deer, red deer and himalayan tahr.
There are many more examples like this.
That doesn't mean those are endemic species to those countries, they don't even claim that.
My country is the best in the world. जय हिंद 🇮🇳 જય જય ગરવી ગુજરાત 🇮🇳
India is also home to more than 80% Tiger population in the world. National animal of India is Tiger.
A lesser known fact for many Indians. By 1900s, when the British were almost certain that they'll have to leave the country very soon, they went on a rampage on wild life, with extensive hunting throughout the subcontinent and officially organised hunting parties and extravaganza, and some of those relics adorn many wealthy British families even today. During that rampage of close to 50 years, the British managed to kill over 1 million Indian elephants, bringing their population down to 20000 by 1947. That was not all. Over 100000 Asiatic lions were hunted during this period, which at that time was present across the length and breadth of the country. It's estimated that the British killed over 150000 tigers during this period, reducing their population to less than 2000. Countless other species like Black buck, peacocks and Indian bears were reduced to the level of extinction during this rampage by the British.
By constant efforts by the Government of India since 1947 and by identifying and declaring 550 National Parks and 50 sanctuaries across the country, the elephant numbers were successfully increased to 32000, Tigers to around 3800, which amounts to 75% of the world's remaining tiger population todat, and Lions to around 500, and rare species like peacocks, gangetic dolphins, bears, and a variety of large cat species surviving near extinction. If the British had stayed for 10 more years, all this would have been lost to the world forever. This is one of the most successful stories of conservation around the world
A lesser known fact for many Indians. By 1900s, when the British were almost certain that they'll have to leave the country very soon, they went on a rampage on wild life, with extensive hunting throughout the subcontinent and officially organised hunting parties and extravaganza, and some of those relics adorn many wealthy British families even today. During that rampage of close to 50 years, the British managed to kill over 1 million Indian elephants, bringing their population down to 20000 by 1947. That was not all. Over 100000 Asiatic lions were hunted during this period, which at that time was present across the length and breadth of the country. It's estimated that the British killed over 150000 tigers during this period, reducing their population to less than 2000. Countless other species like Black buck, peacocks and Indian bears were reduced to the level of extinction during this rampage by the British.
By constant efforts by the Government of India since 1947 and by identifying and declaring 550 National Parks and 50 sanctuaries across the country, the elephant numbers were successfully increased to 32000, Tigers to around 3800, which amounts to 75% of the world's remaining tiger population todat, and Lions to around 500, and rare species like peacocks, gangetic dolphins, bears, and a variety of large cat species surviving near extinction. If the British had stayed for 10 more years, all this would have been lost to the world forever. This is one of the most successful stories of conservation around the world
West is so fu**ed.
@@chiluxr250 karma will hit them hard
Godi media propaganda. Everyone including Indian kings and maharajas were killing animals as well.
Your numbers and facts seem arbitrary and random. Do you have any sources to back this up? 10000 lions? Really?
I am not denying the eradication but it seems very convenient.
@@surajbiradar9827 They are removing my comment giving some sources
British almost hunted this beautiful creature to extinction, kudos to the conservation efforts in stabilizing the population.
Very few foreign tourists visit the Gir forest.
People usually go to Africa to see lions and wildlife, but there is a lot of wildlife in India.
Most of african and asian species are found in India.
Hyenas, Rhinos, wolves, bears
Thank you for this.🙏
The Asiatic Lion is so under rated, the British almost hunted it to extinction, and we with so much effort increase it to a stable population. It's still in endangered species.
when even they used to come to India they used to spend most of the time hunting. To flex to there Aristocrats realtives and friends who have boring life in London.
This Asiatic lions are much more powerful then African lions because they are closely related to mountain lions.
Gir National Park in Gujarat, India is absolutely magical. What an amazing place. Bucket list!
Absolutely! The area is very beautiful and spotting the lions was just wow!
India must preserve them and increase their population ❤ Just like we increased the population of Tigers...and now we have around 80% of world's total tigers population. We have *more than* doubled the numbers of tigers since last decade.
Well a good job has been done here as well, at 1 point there were only 18 left, now there are almost 700 😊
@@talesofodyssey Yeah 😅 That's true.
Thankfully our govt & public have always been sensitive and willful towards wildlife conservation.
Gir space is exhausted. New areas will have to be found which is acceptable to Gujaratis.
A lesser known fact for many Indians. By 1900s, when the British were almost certain that they'll have to leave the country very soon, they went on a rampage on wild life, with extensive hunting throughout the subcontinent and officially organised hunting parties and extravaganza, and some of those relics adorn many wealthy British families even today. During that rampage of close to 50 years, the British managed to kill over 1 million Indian elephants, bringing their population down to 20000 by 1947. That was not all. Over 100000 Asiatic lions were hunted during this period, which at that time was present across the length and breadth of the country. It's estimated that the British killed over 150000 tigers during this period, reducing their population to less than 2000. Countless other species like Black buck, peacocks and Indian bears were reduced to the level of extinction during this rampage by the British.
By constant efforts by the Government of India since 1947 and by identifying and declaring 550 National Parks and 50 sanctuaries across the country, the elephant numbers were successfully increased to 32000, Tigers to around 3800, which amounts to 75% of the world's remaining tiger population todat, and Lions to around 500, and rare species like peacocks, gangetic dolphins, bears, and a variety of large cat species surviving near extinction. If the British had stayed for 10 more years, all this would have been lost to the world forever. This is one of the most successful stories of conservation around the world
Fun Fact: It was the Britishers who completely annihilated the population of Tigers and lions. Yule a britisher alone killed over 500 tigers.
Yeah very sad
Many people only blame the British, and yes they hunted a lot. But it is just half the truth.
British elite, Maharaja's, zamindars etc all hunted extensively because hunting was considered a sport back then. But this only represented the legal hunting part. We don't have any estimations of illegal poaching.
But there is another side to this story. It was actually due to some British conservationists like jim corbett that india's first national park was created in Uttrakhand called haley national park which is now called Jim Corbett NP.
Lots of maharaja's had protected some wild areas as their private hunting grounds, and lot of those are now our national parks and tiger reserves for eg, ranthambhore, sariska, bharatpur, madumalai, bandipur, bandhawgarh, manas, periyar and even gir forest was a hunting ground of junagarh nawab.
Although the intention to protect these wilderness areas was selfish back then, but ironically if not for these private hunting grounds 70% of our famous national parks wouldn't have existed now.
It was due to extensive hunting, uncontrolled poaching from 1950 to 1973, habitat loss due to clearing of forests which contributed to the decline in numbers, and not just British, stop being soo blind.
Maharaja,Mughals unke shok hi Shikar karna Sher,Wagh, Chteetah ka sab British phe mat daloa.
@@iamrebel660 maharajas and mughals did it for fun in spare time. Their hunting didn't led to endangerment of these animals. Also Mughals and Maharajas didn't had sophisticated weapons like the ones Britishers had. So there is no way they affected the population of these animals.
@@RomitDholakia5 come on man yeh upar waale teeno brown coolie ko kya samjha rahe ho, yeh tou apne gora sahab ki chatenge!!
Tab se har comment mei spam kar k apne gora sahab k crimes ko justify kar rahe hai Rajao aur nawabs k saath jod rahe hai jou ki khud brits k suzernity k andar thhe....
Brits excessive hunting lead to many tribal uprising across India!!
Inn logo ko gora saheb ki chatne se nahi rok sakte!!
1:43 with all due respect "people" weren't killing the lions for fun ... the brits did the most of the damage followed by some of the then kings with close relations with the brits . Not just lions ... Tigers and Cheetahs weren't spared either. The former still thrives but the later is extinct
Ps : Leopards are darn elusive .. i had the luck of seeing a couple. I even recorded them and put it up in youtube
The Truth Still Remains, they did it for FUN !!! And most of the Time they Hunted LIONS.
The Asiatic Lion is so under rated, British almost hunted it to extinction & with extreme effects we stabilized it's population.
Welcome to my state of Gujarat
Loves from Ahmedabad
City of Gujarat..India 🇮🇳
I am from Maharashtra state .. plz visit our state and enjoy Jungle Safari in Tadoba national park.. you will see royal Bengal tigers here
Welcome to India
have a pleasant stay .
Go to Bandhavgarh MADHYA PRADESH u will find high density population of tigers
Come to ranthambore for royal Bengal tigers with extreme high density
I went to Ranthambore, didn’t see a tiger 😞
@@talesofodyssey Visit Bandhavgarh instead. I've visited 4-5 times for 3 days each time and was lucky enough to see a Tiger.
@@talesofodyssey go to the zoo
@@vm9278 👏👏 bro you dropped this 👑
Welcome to india ❤
Love from 🇮🇳🇮🇳
I live in Gujarat I have been there couple of times
And it’s always magical
Aap Junagarh mein rahete ho?
@@BengaliManfromWB Ahemdabad
India Is full of diversed wildlife u will love to explore.
You should go to Ladakh too there we have snow leopards
Yeah would love to! 😄
Also Bengal Tigers in WB
@@fakegandhititlecongresspar1669 bengal tigers in MP
MP is tiger state of India not west bengal
@@fakegandhititlecongresspar1669 bengal tigers are present all over india, its just a namr given by British.😅😅
Spotting snow leopards in wild aren't easy u have to be extremely lucky to see one
The Big 5 of Indian Jungles
1) Elephant , 2) Great One Horned Rhinoceros , 3) Tigers
4) Lions , 5 ) Indian Gaur
Besides , there are Leopards , Asiatic water buffaloes , Snow leopards , Cheetahs , Clouded leopards , hyenas , caracals , wolves , lynx & servals
India's wildlife tourism is still in its early stages & it has great future prospects
Visit Assam
You will find ...no 1 , no 2 , no 3 & leopards , Asiatic water buffaloes , Clouded leopards , wolves , lynx & servals
@@rohanchoudhury8043 Serval is endemic to the African continent. And most of the wolves don't live in jungles but open grasslands which are rarely our national parks. Besides the problem is we can't find all big 5 in a single national park where tourists can see them.
Only kaziranga comes close.
Gir and Girnar have spirituality in the air. Just an amazing place ❤❤
Not people killing with Guns.
To be specific
Colonial Britishers killing with Guns.
Even indians kings used to hunt them.
@@VeganSanatani Yes, but Britishers killed the most. All big cats were on the verge of extinction.
@goldenstate2002 yes after the Muslim and British colonisation the population of lions decreased drastically... But all I am saying is yes the Indian rulers also hunted lions.
@@ankitojha4593 Gujarati, Biharis, Odias Ojhas were number 1 Ghulam of Goras
@@sauravkumarchand9691 According to you, 3 states and 1 caste were Ghulam.
Itna dimag matt lagaya kar...sorry vo to hoga hi nahi!
India started conserving lions and increasing their numbers
but Africa keeps allowing trophy hunting and poaching
and African lions have become less than 20k In the wild.
so sad
There are so many different sides to every conservation story… it isn’t just they have trophy hunting and you don’t. Trophy hunting makes me sad absolutely, but around the world things are happening for different populations to put stress on them causing them to decrease and disappear. And yes that is very sad!
Trophy hunting brings more help than damage. The money generated from trophy hunting actually helps preserve the species and its habitats.
Without that money there would be no protection as the governments don't have that much money to spend on wildlife and poachers will kill all the lions.
So it's kind of a necessary evil. Kill one and help to save the other 100.
we co exixt here nature is what we pray but (don't forget this land belong to our indian and we will protect and also develop it according to our liking)
we will develop it by infrastructure so we can sustain it and protect it and develop it by our way
Yeah just what we see globally is that infrastructure is built on prime and important eco-systems, so not talking just India here. I think there is a larger societal issue where super important eco-systems are destroyed for so called infrastructure which in the long-run is going to have huge negative impacts on us humans too. The earth needs other species of plants, animals and organisms to survive. It won’t survive solely on humans, roads and buildings
@@talesofodyssey yup that's what we called sustainable development and progress only way to lessen the stress of Earth is to space mining
Only way to go forward is tecnology and that's of sustainable technology
The fact u can also see lions in villages nearby gir
You guys should visit North-East India. Here we have Kaziranga National Park which is haven of One Horned Rhinoceros, Elephants amd Tigers.
They should promote electric jeeps here such national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, pure silence and eco friendly
Asiatic lions respect human, only about 20 was left in India but now we have about 600. And its not only because of the government but also the locals who who happily allow those beautiful cats to have their meal of the domestic animals.
And of course India is the only country on earth where you can see all wild cats(except mountain lions)
It is really happy to see the numbers improved! Hope they spread out in their habitat range to protect the lions in case a disease breaks out or catastrophic event happens. Just in case to make sure there are others somewhere else 😊
Gujaratis are vegetarian from ages and they worship all animals, it's was British who introduced mass hunting, but indian king stopped them
Its hilarious how a south africans first wild lion viewing is an asiatic lion in Gujarat, India.
Haha yeah but given the fact I didn’t grow up in South Africa does give less chance to go out and see them. But yes, I too think it is quite funny I have seen my first wild lion in India 😜
@@talesofodyssey so where did you grow up
I live in Jhb 200kms from Kruger national park, ive never seen a lion in the wild,been to lion parks but never seen 1 on a game drive... It happens🤣🤦🏾♂️
Sed on another channel, i hv to go in '24😁😁
You're lucky to see them in the wild
It was very special 😊
Great content! Happy to see you got a chance to see so many lions! Keep it up!
Beautiful vlog. Thank you for creating it!
Thanks for watching 😁
Please also visit jim corbett national park in uttrakhand, India
Lucky girl to see the only Asiatic lion pride. Loved ur video❤
Yeey so happy you enjoyed! 😁
Finally tigress meets the lions 🎉
Yesss 🤩
Unbelievable, no other youtubers i have known ever been to a jungle safari like you in India. Keep it up, do try to visit the Sunderbans in Bengal before it disappears.
Katherine Kapon and some of them have done this that well but yes most dont. Very few have interest in wildlife nowadays
Yeah Sundarbans hopefully on my next visit, need to see which months it is open and if monsoon season affects this! But thanks so much for watching. I truly am passionate about the natural world so hope to make more and more videos on it!
Mrs. Ráchelle, these Lion Populations had variety of Clades throughout both of Europe, South Caucasus, The Middle East, South Asia and Africa, in the North, including these Various Lions like European Lions, West African Lions, Barbary Lions and Asiatic Lions are all the same and close relatives are found in Southeast Europe, North Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Central and West Africa are now Panthera Leo Leo, while in the South like Kruger, Transvaal, Timbavati, Serengeti, Masai Mara and few other Simba-type or Lion King-type Lions found in Eastern and Southern Africa are still Panthera Leo Melanochaita.
I really loved your energy when it comes to adventure and a feeling of never giving up as far because photography in wildlife is not a simple thing, it needs patience, will power to wait for a moment for a perfect shot...
I Really loved your videos . If u want to see more Beauty of nature and some photoshoot, i would recommend visiting Kerala known as GOD'S OWN COUNTRY.
Much love n support from Kerala 🇮🇳 sis.
Welcome to India 🇮🇳❤
One fun fact, INDIA has the highest number of Lions,Tigers,Elephants,Monkeys in wild.
Highest number of lions? I don't think so.
We have the only asiatic lion population but 98% of the world lion population lives in East and South Africa.
You are wrong about monkeys too.
65% of all primate species are in four countries which are Brazil, Madagascar, DR congo and indonesia.
I don't know where do you get your facts.
Asiatic lions
Tracking the Big Cats in wild is a great experience. Amazing footages ❤
Do visit Tiger reserves in central India 😍
Absolutely, quite the adventure 😄
If you wait at Taj gate next to the gir entrance u will see the leopard around 7.30-8 pm we spotted him twice
I just came from Gir, amazing trip with very high sightings of Lions and Leopards. We were placed in Taj Gir and I heard morning roars just at the rear side (far off) and same afternoon I saw a male Lion
@adwait must be the same leopard who comes every evening i spoke to the ranger at gir about this he said maybe the ones from the hotel feed him daily so around that time he comes for food
@@godwinlobo7425 no, it was a Sub adult male Lion and it's on the other side of the river which flows.
I'll be going soon just to see that leopard again 😁 also I stayed 20 kms away in the middle of the jungle there was a resort the entire night i could hear voices
@@godwinlobo7425 have a great stay. Enjoy your safari visits
I'm happy that the government protected them, thanks for avoiding them to be extinct. feel sad for the tazmanian tiger, people could've help them to increase in numbers if it was plan early
This video will help in increasing tourism. Thank you 🙏
5000 lions that should be the target.if any state can do it it has to be Gujarat.
Safari in odisha gives you different vibe ❤
You should visit cities near gir forest high chance of seeing lions walking in night
Great Video....very lucky you are this time. Now next time Tigers from Bengal and Rhinos from kaziranga.
🤞🏻
Jay Jay shiree Ram 🙏🙏🙏🚩🚩🚩
Ráchelle, in 2017 and 2018 and according to the Cat Specialist Group, they're only two New Valid Subspecies of Lions, Panthera Leo Leo "the Northern Lion" and Panthera Leo Melanochaita "the Southern Lion."
The loins here have some sense of wisedom. They hunt only in forest, they dont hunt humans, and in rare cases they hunt cattles.
*lions
*wisdom
*don’t
You are really lucky that you got an experienced guide who could get you to the location of the lion pride. There are many instances where people driving around for 3 days don’t sight lions at all. Lions in the wild are camera shy and tend to avoid safari lanes.
Lion be like: back to the show lads!! ❤
Hahaha 😋
We will protect and conserve their numbers! Just like with the Tiger population!!
Welcome to Gujarat gir
Lions be like now which one of you kind humans wants to become our next food 😂
The lioness is beautiful, but you are like that too
😂😂😂
10:33 cat walk 👀
The best kind 🦁😎
you should visit Diu see Portuguese fort and bountiful beach near by gir forest also visit Somnath temple
Congratulations Ulysses! Finally a big cat sighting , or lots of big cat sightings! God knows you've worked hard enough for it. Congrats once again. Btw we are starting the export of coal to Newcastle soon.
Wow. Such a blessing you got to see the Lions. So happy for you Ráchelle. That was a birthday gift for you from the animal gods. Stunning creatures. Lions are my love of life. Really wish I knew this place existed when I came to India. Beautiful beautiful video in many ways 😊
I will correct you here. Their population is not 600. They are now 800 plus
Hard to spot them along the 'safari' paths. You got lucky. Hope they hunt their food naturally than getting fed by forest rangers for tourism purposes.
They hunt their food naturally
Lion in Gujarat are under threat, is actually Cainine Distemper Virus or CDV causes highly contagious disease in a wide Range of Wikd Carnivores. 1,000 doses of vaccine imported, Lions that died early this Year had CDV Virus. The project aims to establish a second independent population of Asiatic-type Northern Lions at the Kuno National Park in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh.
Very good initiative 🚀🚀🚀🚀
In India at least people and animals have learnt to co exist in harmony with one a another
I think that is a big statement. Yes there are areas where people are co-existing with the wildlife, but there are also areas where there is conflict between wildlife and humans...
@@talesofodysseyall credit goes to park ranger who track and ensure that lion will not attack human and villagers also didn’t demand action for cattle loss
@@talesofodysseyif any lion kill human then ranger caught that lion and ensure that weather lion possess danger for human or not. They release the lion according either to less populated area or to zoo
Amazing video! Thanks for it 👍
Those lions were skinny and hungry. They didn't have enough preys to hunt.
Genetic make up of Asiatic lions and cheetahs are diff from their African cousins.
Just like how Bengal tigers/SE Asian tigers don’t compare to Siberian tigers. Geography affects built
Please go to the lions and be their food then 😐😊
They are last Asiatic lions of the world not just india.
Please come in Desert National Park Jaisalmer 🐪🐾 Rajasthan where you can see The Great Indian Bustard it is Endangered species only less 100 individuals left in jaisalmer
You are doing great job mem
My Indian lions are too big like African lion
But some Western and American have defined them shorter then their African brothers
Nope the Asiatic lions are slightly smaller and have some other little differences. It because they are two different subspecies! 🦁
@@talesofodyssey Two different species of lions reside here in Gir, one is Amreli District, and the other are the lions of Gir district, out of which the lions of Amreli are slightly smaller in stature, but the lions of proper Gir are strong and tall like African lions.
Ráchelle,' The Asiatic Lion is not a Subspecies, It is a population of Panthera Leo Leo according to recent studys by Cat Specialist Group, found in Historical Areas like Arabia, Eastern Turkey, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Caucasus, Iran and even South Asia, the last of these Rare Big Cats surviving in the Gir Forest in Gujarat State in the Far Northwest of India.
Love your video😊
Welcome to INDIA ❤
They are not last dear.........Their population is booming
They are still endangered. And we lost 200 lions during Pandemic due to disease. So they are always in danger unless they cross 1000 mark
9:38 cute 🥺
I knooow right :)
Awesome footage ! Great captures. Loved the info in the beginning.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😄
How great! Gir forest looked so beautiful that afternoon in this video! And I think the most interesting thing is that there are many opportunities to see wildlife! It looked great in your case! Finally you did it! Congratulations and thank you for this.
Yeaaaah it was so great!! Really awesome place 😄
Indian 🦁 are beautiful ❤️
Do visit Wari Chorra Meghalaya.
Thanks for visiting Gir Forest .
Amazing feeling to see Asiatic lion in their own home
Visit Kanha / Bandhavgarh in MP soon as you can!
Nice Vlog gir forest
From Ahmedabad gujarat India
Mam I watch your videos and I really admire your work that you are showing western people through your videos/vlogs that India is not like the WEST media show them. at the END I would like to say your videos are amazing and I love to watch more of these. Thank you!
Thank you so much! 😊
Tales of Odyssey.... Share your experience with other RUclipsrs about Gujarat... So they will also come here and explore Gir, Desert of Kutch, Marine National Park, Statue of Unity, Lots of Mountains, Ratanmahal forest, Jambughoda Forest and many more places here...
The Asiatic Lion population will increase more than a 10000 in the mere future due to more food and high reproduction rate
no....credit goes to ppl(Maldhari livin inside) n govt
Bro in 2023 it's 780 lions population which 100 increased in a year which were 680 in 2022 .
I think in 2024 it's crosses 900+
They have to relocate to different park you can't keep all the eggs in the same basket also gir is getting over populated lions eating live stocks and stray cattles which can lead to spread of diseases into the wild life not today but surely tomorrow.
India 💯😍
Very successful safari...✌️
Indeed 🦁
South African says pug marks and Indian guy says foot marks.
Haha I actually knew the word tracks. But during the research near Ranthambore they used the word pug marks, so that stuck 😜
@@talesofodyssey Oh OK. I actually have seen 'pug marks' being used infrequently here in the US. I wonder what is the origin of the word 'pug mark' though. Pug actually is a Gujarati word. Hindi word for foot is Pair.
We rajasthani say pug.
@@VijaySingh-vn6bt In Marwadi or Mewari ?
@@twsjct I'm from nagour marwad.
Habibi come to tadoba national park..😼
Have you visited 'Rann of Kutch' area while in Gujrat??
No but next time for sure 😄
its great they are still there in numbers but the fact that only a small fraction of them were left, we lost a significant genetic pool :(
Great video, the owl is so nice, looks like he is checking you out!😅 and there they are: The Lions! Amazing! 👍👏
Haha indeed 😜
Wow 💥💥💥 beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ vdos 🇮🇳❤️👍
Thank you 👏
British dogs tried to extinct these lions
It wasn't just Lions that Brits killed.
India actually had the world's largest economy (over 25% of global GDP) in the early 18th Century prior to British occupation, deindustrialization and looting of India's resources. Research published by Columbia UP in 2018 showed that the British stole about US45 Trillion from India from 1757-1938 (see Prof. Jason Hickel's article online about how modern Britain was built with loot from India). Britain's Industrial Revolution and much Western development was financed by 'loot' (Hindi for plunder) from India. India's world leading textile industry was systematically eliminated by the Brits so that Britain's new industrial cotton industry [copying Indian techniques and styles - e.g. 'Paisley'] could develop as 19th Century historians H.H. Wilson and Friedrich List both noted. This included tariff barriers, making India a monopolized Captive Market for British goods and breaking weavers fingers and even cutting off thumbs of the famed Dhaka Muslin weavers. Governor General Bentinck wrote that the plains of India are bleached with the bones of her weavers. India had produced the best steel in the world (Wootz) as recognized by English experts in the 1790s - and Sheffield copied its methods. French and British colonial observers noted that 18th Century India made cannon and muskets as good as any in Europe but arms production was eliminated. The oldest seaworthy ship in the Royal Navy HMS Trincomalee was built by an Indian Co. in 1817 but British competitors stopped shipbuilding in India. When 19th Century Indian engineers showed that they could design and build locomotives, this was of course suppressed. It was not until the 1914-18 Great War in Europe that India was allowed to develop some industrial capacity - then only due to Britain's emergency needs. They also killed tens of millions of the poorest in about 3 dozen famines created by Britain stealing India's foodgrains for British profit and Food Security. Robert Clive returned from Bengal with his 'loot' as the richest non-monarch in Europe and his East India Co. mafia became the super-rich new elite known as 'nobs' (from 'nabobs') whilst up to 1/3 of the population of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (up to 10 million) died in the 1770 Great Bengal Famine created by their rapacity - as predicted by Richard Becher (a relative of novelist William Thackeray). This led to Europe's first Credit Crunch in 1772 when dozens of banks collapsed in days as Indian loot financing Western development dried up for a while. The EIC started peddling Indian opium to China from 1770 (kidnapping children to work on opium plantations etc.) which brought Britain 1/7 of its export revenues for 140 years. In 1877 Cornelius Walford showed that there were 30 famines in British-occupied India in just 120 years compared to 17 famines in all of India in the previous 2,000 years. This was because native Hindu and Indianized Muslim rulers acted to prevent and alleviate famines. The British created them with their profiteering, hoarding and exporting for Britain's profit and Food Security [it was Industrial Britain that did not grow enough food to feed itself - until after 1945 - India as a whole always did]. The Disraeli regime even set up Death Camps for victims of the 1877 manmade famine in Madras Province - giving famine victims less starvation rations for hard labour than given in Buchenwald - killing 94% of inmates. 5-7 million died whilst record amounts of Indian grain exports lowered prices in Britain and the West. Famine survivors were coerced into the new slavery of indentured labour in the Caribbean etc. Disraeli organized the biggest feast in human history, the 1877 Delhi Durbar, to celebrate Vicky being named Empress of India whilst 100,000 a week died in South India. In 1901 The Lancet estimated conservatively from the census that 19 million had died of starvation in Western India during the 1890s due to British policies. In 1936 George Orwell wrote in Road to Wigan Pier that 100 million Indians must be forced to the edge of starvation so that the British can live in comfort. As late as 1942-3, Hindu-hating White Supremacist Winston Churchill was responsible for killing millions in Bengal due to Nazi-like Collective Punishment of Bengal and - after British cover-ups were blown by the press in 1943, preventing Food Aid from other countries reaching Bengal, diverting US, Canadian and Australian grain to the UK. As ever, there were surplus food stocks in India as a whole but the Brits ensured they didn't get to Bengal. Even the Nazis allowed Red Cross Food Aid to Greek Famine victims in 1941. Many Westerners still believe the British propaganda myths, first concocted by James Mill (father of J.S. Mill) who was 2nd in Command of the EIC - that India was a Land of Eternal Poverty and Famine and the cause of this was Hinduism which had supposedly remained unchanged for 3,000 years. In truth, India had been famed for its wealth prior to British looting. The Romans complained of the Silver Drain to India in return for Indian exports. Columbus told his sponsors that he was seeking a new route to the fabled wealth and riches of India. In 1616 English ambassador wrote that Delhi was the Treasury of the World. In fact it was the economic Silver Drain to India due to India's successful exports that prompted the British Conquest - taking advantage of the power vacuum that arose as the Hindu Marathas had defeated the Mughals in battle - but maintained a figurehead Mughal emperor.
@@sutapasbhattacharya9471 Damn! I think you mentioned the whole revolutionary history of Inda.
@THE ZOLDICS IKR.... Many people only blame the British, and yes they hunted a lot. But it is just half the truth.
British elite, Maharaja's, zamindars etc all hunted extensively because hunting was considered a sport back then. But this only represented the legal hunting part. We don't have any estimations of illegal poaching.
But there is another side to this story. It was actually due to some British conservationists like jim corbett that india's first national park was created in Uttrakhand called haley national park which is now called Jim Corbett NP.
Lots of maharaja's had protected some wild areas as their private hunting grounds, and lot of those are now our national parks and tiger reserves for eg, ranthambhore, sariska, bharatpur, madumalai, bandipur, bandhawgarh, manas, periyar etc.
Although the intention to protect these wilderness areas was selfish back then, but ironically if not for these private hunting grounds 70% of our famous national parks wouldn't have existed now.
It was due to extensive hunting, uncontrolled poaching from 1950 to 1973, habitat loss due to clearing of forests which contribited to the decline in numbers, and not just British, stop being soo blind.
And this indian dog completely forgot to mention about how their Maharajas, Zamindars and other warlords was part of the mass killing of the asiatic lions
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